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Permalink Reply by rodney fruits on December 6, 2009 at 6:34pm

hi there david, this might help. 1 1/2 x 3/4 is common stock lumber and its just right for a cbg. string spacing is up to you. so, if you use a bolt for the nut and the bridge for your first one, you can change the string spacing between the threads till you like it. for pickups try guitarpartsusa.com they have a p-bass pickup for 14 bucks, cut the wire that joins them and you now have two pickups. you can cut a finish nail and super glue it across the poles. look at some of my pics and you will see what i have done. good luck and happy building, its fun.

Permalink Reply by David Alan Stevens on December 8, 2009 at 3:37pm

Thanks Rodney!
Brilliant... A P-bass pickup. I would never have thought of that in a million years. Perfect. How do they sound? I would think they would be optimized for bass strings or something. I wonder, would there be any benefit to using both halves of this split pickup right up against one another somewhat like a humbucker? Would there be any extra punch to the sound?
Just curious. The price is certainly right even if you only got one pickup, but two for fourteen dollars! The specially wound pickups for CBGs are usually in the $40-50.00 range. And like I posted earlier I would still have the string spacing issue.
Thanks for the advice!

Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on December 9, 2009 at 12:01pm

another option is to use a soap bar humbucker (like a mini jazz or a "bar" humbucker) That way spacing is totally independent to pole spacing in a pickup. Or, you can take a six pole coil mag and angle it...

the best,

Sam